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package org.mybatis.generator.codegen;

/**
 * This class exists to that Java client generators can specify whether an XML generator is required to match the
 * methods in the Java client. For example, a Java client built entirely with annotations does not need matching XML.
 * 
 * @author Jeff Butler
 *
 */
public abstract class AbstractJavaClientGenerator extends AbstractJavaGenerator {

  private boolean requiresXMLGenerator;

  public AbstractJavaClientGenerator(boolean requiresXMLGenerator) {
    super();
    this.requiresXMLGenerator = requiresXMLGenerator;
  }

  /**
   * @return true if matching XML is required
   */
  public boolean requiresXMLGenerator() {
    return requiresXMLGenerator;
  }

  /**
   * This method returns an instance of the XML generator associated with this client generator.
   * 
   * @return the matched XML generator. May return null if no XML is required by this generator
   */
  public abstract AbstractXmlGenerator getMatchedXMLGenerator();
}
